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United in numbers, fuming Liberty Township homeowners voiced their opposition. So many people showed up at the trustee meeting, there weren't enough seats.

“This is not a negotiable issue for us,” homeowner Dawn Tsirelis said.

Cincinnati Bell planned to build two 36-foot cellphone towers in neighborhoods with underground utilities in Liberty Township; one on Imperial Drive and another on Snowbird Drive.

Neighbors said crews started digging in their front yards without them knowing.

“It’s just unethical. It’s a lack of social and community responsibility and it’s just plain wrong,” Tsirelis said. “Companies should not be able to come in and do this by virtue of their public utility status.”

Neighbors are concerned once the cell towers go up, the property values will go down.

“Complete disgust at their intention to come in here and pull off these installations without letting anybody know what's going on,” homeowner Doug Lantz said.

“They haven’t communicated with us and they tried to come in and install these. Luckily, the homeowners were around and got it stopped at least temporarily.”

Trustees said the Butler County Engineer's Office has now revoked Cincinnati Bell's right of way permits. The prosecutor’s office is now looking into the legality of the issue.

Last Tuesday, Cincinnati Bell sent WLWT a statement:

"Cincinnati Bell is currently re-evaluating construction plans that would improve cellphone reception in Liberty Township. The company will be talking to homeowners near the two proposed sites, and the HOA president, about their concerns.

Trustees said Butler County will meet with Cincinnati Bell Wednesday to work on a possible solution.

In all, there were four permits revoked in Liberty and West Chester Townships